Tag: reading
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Power!
Having recently read The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque by Jeffrey Ford, where snowflakes have a role to play, I liked this exchange from overheardnyc: http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/000922.html A mother and daughter catching snowflakes on their tongues. Mother: I caught one, did you catch one? Daughter: Yes! Mother: Mine was too small, it tasted tiny. Daughter: I got…
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In case you haven’t seen this already
“Journalist Hunter S. Thompson did not take his life “in a moment of haste or anger or despondency” and probably planned his suicide well in advance because of his declining health, the family’s spokesman said Wednesday. Douglas Brinkley, a historian and author who has edited some of Thompson’s work, said the founder of “gonzo” journalism…
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Half the size, twice the price
“The first I learned of the new practice of splitting novels to satisfy chain store strictures was when I read Peter Watts’ introduction to ‘Behemoth: B-Max’, which turns out to have been the first half of the final novel in his ‘Starfish’ trilogy. He says in the introduction to this novel — and later confirmed…
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The best thing to do with good advice is pass it on — & fast, like a hot potato
One of my favourite places to hang out online (apart from, naturally, here) is McSweeney’s, & I strongly urge you to visit them today, where you will find a very useful & relevant piece entitled: In Regard to Surviving in a World With James Caan (http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2005/1/17kirkbride.html — I would put the link neatly into the…